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Corrections Corporation of America Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Corrections Corporation of America.

Results 1 - 20 of 447 in Corrections Corporation of America

  1. Welcome to Pahrump, turn your clock back 25 yearsRead the original story

    Yesterday | Pahrump Valley Times

    ... county commissioners to get on with it -- no more delays in approving the agreement with Corrections Corporation of America. The commissioners meeting on Oct. 21 is, in part, to finalize the agreement with CCA. I encourage them to do so; the time ... 1 comment

    Related Topix: Pahrump, NV, Opinion

  2. Sheriff's Office takes over Bay County JailRead the original story

    Thursday | Panama City News Herald

    A concrete slab is all that remains of the giant Corrections Corporation of America sign that sat in front of the Bay County Jail.

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    Related Topix: Nashville Metro

  3. Sheriff in Charge of the JailRead the original story

    Thursday | WJHG-TV Panama City

    ... the sheriff's office is back in charge. The official takeover of jail operations from Corrections Corporation of America is happening right now at 6:00. It's been a been almost five months from the time CCA decided they wouldn't run the jail till ...

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  4. Editorial: CCA Audit Reflects Poorly on CountyRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 9 | Mountain View Telegraph

    The Torrance County Detention Facility, owned and operated by Tennesee-based Corrections Corporation of America, has a rate of sexual victimization four times higher than any other prison in the country, ...

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    Related Topix: Torrance County, NM, Opinion

  5. No on Proposition 6a "A Special Interest Raid on Californiaa TMs TreasuryRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 9 | California Progress Report

    ... is supported by an assortment of law enforcement lobbies and their allies that include Corrections Corporation of America, Golden State Bail Agents Association, the Narcotics Officers Association, and other groups who comprise the initiatives ...

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    Related Topix: California, California Government, Prison, Drugs

  6. State prison system reduces number of bad beds by 27 percent

    Wednesday Oct 8 | Home - San Bernardino County Sun

    ... rnia are housed in Arizona, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee in facilities operated by Corrections Corporation of America based in Nashville, Tenn. 1 comment

    Related Topix: Prison, State Prisons, California Rehabilitation Center, Norco, CA, Security

  7. Illegal Ways to Avoid the Border WaitRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 8 | SD Reader Staff Writers

    ... to set in the incredible heat. The smell hangs thick over the brown hillsides by the Corrections Corporation of America prison. All around the facility, multiple coils of barbed wire loop and line the fences. Supervised detainees in blue outfits - ...

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    Related Topix: San Diego, CA, Watches

  8. Sheriff Set to Take Over Bay County JailRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 8 | WMBB

    Tomorrow the Bay County Jail will be under new management. Sheriff Frank McKeithen is set to take over the jail on Thursday, after Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA, notified the county it would no ...

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  9. Briefs: Cheekwood board names new officers, membersRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 8 | The Tennessean

    ... University Medical Center * Vice Chairman William Andrews, chairman of the board at Corrections Corporation of America * Treasurer Hal Pennington, executive chairman at Genesco Inc. * Secretary Bradley Karro, executive vice president at Caremark ...

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    Related Topix: Vanderbilt University, Security, Apparel, Footwear, Retail, Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Caremark Rx, Healthcare Industry, Hotels, Gaylord Entertainment, University of Chicago

  10. Prop V a Soft-Money Conduit to Attack ProgressivesRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 8 | Beyond Chron

    ... is supported by an assortment of law enforcement lobbies and their allies that include Corrections Corporation of America, Golden State Bail Agents Association, the Narcotics Officers Association, and other groups who comprise the initiatives ...

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    Related Topix: Real Estate, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, California, Prison

  11. Briefly: CCA offers employee training

    Tuesday Oct 7 | The Daily News Journal

    Corrections Corporation of America , the nation's largest provider of corrections management services to local, state and federal government, is offering a new professional development opportunity for employees ...

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    Related Topix: Security, Rutherford, TN, Nashville Metro, Nashville, TN, University of Pittsburgh, Nolensville, TN

  12. Justice Policy Institute Report: Moving Target: A Decade of...Read the original story

    Saturday Oct 4 | The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

    ... prisons and support increased surveillance, arrests, and imprisonment. * Private Prisons: Corrections Corporation of America's stock price has been steadily rising. CCA recently posted a $35 million profit in the last quarter of 2007, up from $32 ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, State Prisons

  13. Mental health treatment is focus of Weeki Wachee vigilRead the original story

    Saturday Oct 4 | St. Petersburg Times

    ... Mental Health Court and discuss the current mental health issues in the county. Corrections Corporation of America will explain its philosophy as it relates to inmates with mental illness. Linville said that according to NAMI research, Florida ranks ...

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    Related Topix: Weeki Wachee, FL, Hernando County, FL

  14. CCA waits for tortoise opinion

    Friday Oct 3 | Pahrump Valley Times

    ... Officer Claudia Palacios and Nevada Partners employees Laurayne Murray and Brian Foster. Corrections Corporation of America received a draft of the biological assessment for the desert tortoise on the 120-acre federal detention center site and ...

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    Related Topix: Pahrump, NV, Great Basin College, Security, Marketing, Nye County, NV

  15. ACLU inspects the jail, dissent decree feared

    Friday Oct 3 | Pahrump Valley Times

    ... safety services," he said. Would renting bed space still be an option if Pahrump had Corrections Corporation of America's 1,500-bed federal detention center available? DeMeo said, "More than just the federal government is looking for space to house ...

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    Related Topix: Pahrump, NV, ACLU, Nye County, NV, US News, Security

  16. Are Safety Firms A Safe Bet?

    Friday Oct 3 | Investor's Business Daily

    No doubt about it, the innocence is gone. Since 9/11, airlines have tightened safeguards, barricades have gone up around government buildings and local agencies have taken on a slew of new security ...

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    Related Topix: Privacy, TYCO International, Security, Prison, Scientific Instruments, Telecom, Electronics, ID Systems, Opinion

  17. People in Business

    Friday Oct 3 | The Tennessean

    ... Vanderbilt Medical Center William F. Andrews, vice chairman; chairman of the board, Corrections Corporation of America Hal Pennington, treasurer; executive chairman, Genesco Inc. Bradley S. Karro, secretary; executive vice president, Caremark Rx ...

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    Related Topix: The Orchestra, Big-Band, Vanderbilt University, The Big Band, Jazz, Public Relations, Marketing, Security

  18. Sheriff's Office Prepares for Jail TakeoverRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 2 | WJHG-TV Panama City

    The Bay County sheriff's office will have a new duty next Thursday. That's when they'll take over the operations of the jail from Corrections Corporation of America.

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    Related Topix: Security

  19. Sheriff Gobble: BCSO Rounds Up Illegal Aliens

    Thursday Oct 2 | Chattanoogan.com

    However, I am pleased to announce a new program that will help us become even more effective.

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    Related Topix: Prison, Security, Immigration Reform

  20. New Mexico Jail Officials Answer to DOJRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 2 | Officer.com

    ... about these factors affecting the Torrance County Jail, which is owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America. A'We do see turnover. But I don't think itA's turnover because of the facility itself, I think it's turnover because 'I can ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, US News, Torrance County, NM